Cathy Della Lucia
EMAIL: dellaluciac @ gmail
INSTA: @cathy_dellalucia
CV:
Cathy Della Lucia (b. South Korea) is a sculptor working in Boston, MA originally from Detroit. She creates multi-part sculptures from wood, ceramic, and digitally fabricated materials that are designed to come apart. Her work explores modularity and the relationship between the body and objects such as tools, toys, and weapons.
Her work has been featured in Sculpture Magazine and Boston Art Review, and her recent exhibitions include the 808 Gallery at Boston University, Mazmanian Gallery at Framingham State University, Overlap Gallery (Newport, RI), Radial Gallery at the University of Dayton (OH), Kniznick Gallery at Brandeis University, and Abigail Ogilvy Gallery (Boston, MA/ Los Angeles, CA).
She has participated in residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and The Blue House (Dayton, OH). Cathy holds a BA in Studio Art from Xavier University and an MFA in Sculpture from Boston University. She is currently Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Boston College, where she teaches sculpture and 3D design.
Cathy Della Lucia (b. South Korea) is a sculptor engaging in themes of (im)permanence, (un)belonging, and the construction of identity, drawing on her experience as a transracial adoptee. She employs furniture joinery techniques to create multi-part sculptures that are built to come apart. Her work reflects on modularity and the contradictions of identity by repositioning the relationships between body, tool, and toy. The hand carved and digitally fabricated forms borrow from misaligned and misplaced fragments of everyday life that relate to, without being a body. These elements are signifiers of distraction, but are created through obsessive attention and touch.
She has exhibited her work in the US, Denmark, and South Korea. Recent exhibitions include Radial Gallery, University of Dayton (OH), Kniznick Gallery, Brandeis University (MA), Abigail Ogilvy Gallery ( Boston, MA), and Piano Craft Gallery (MA). She has completed residencies at Vermont Studio Center and The Blue House (Dayton, OH). Cathy holds a BA in Studio Art from Xavier University and an MFA in sculpture from Boston University. She currently teaches sculpture as an Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Boston College.